Connie

Talarico's policy priorities are not really centrist. Both candidates are strong & fight for policies to rebuild the middle class, support the poor, restore a just justice system, & work toward sound climate policies. Aside from the question of WWJD, there's very little light between them, if any.

Considering almost 3M adults (18 yrs & older) die each yr in the US, it makes sense that a relatively large number may still show up on voter rolls at any given time. That doesn't mean anyone is voting for someone who recently died.

White House pressure leads universities to cut ties with nonprofit that helps racial minorities The Trump administration said Thursday its campaign to end diversity programs in higher education has led dozens of universities to cut ties with an organization known as The PhD Project, which helps ...

This is some f'd up twisting of Civil Rights Act.

'US Ed Dept said The PhD Project (non-profit that helps racial minorities earn doctorate degrees) “unlawfully limits eligibility based on race,” violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, often excluding white & Asian Amer students.'

And now she's wiped out! 😂 Nice bday present.

And I don't know about everyone else, but I certainly don't have an extra $1300 to spend on additional taxes.

Call your Senators to vote NO on the SAVE Act. They are well aware that undocumented immigrants do not vote & study after study has confirmed this. This is not a voter ID law. This will disenfranchise a large swath of voters, esp married women, older folks & disabled ppl, adoptees…

The Break Is Over. Companies Are Jacking Up Prices Again. Higher tariffs, labor and health-insurance costs have pushed many businesses to raise prices for consumers.

Higher tariffs, labor and health-insurance costs have pushed many businesses to raise prices. SCOTUS needs to rule against trump on tarriffs soon or 2026 is going to be a really bad year for the majority of us who aren't mega wealthy.

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Tell your Senators to vote NO on the so-called Save America Act: 202-224-3121. The bill is blatantly dangerous. Thanks. #NoOnSave #ProtectOurVotes

Thing is, no one knows if DOGE or anyone else has access to SSA info since DOGE copied all the info outside the secure SSA sys, which we only know abt because they had to admit it in court. They said they removed it from wherever it was copied, but does anyone believe that?
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No, you'd be able to vote as usual. My understanding is new requirements are for registering to vote: 1st time registrants; those who move & register in new state; newly naturalized citizens; those erroneously purged from voter roll who must re-register; newly married women registered w maiden name…

These type policies were available pre-ACA (before insurers were forced to comply with certain requirements) and people were routinely going bankrupt due to catastrophic medical events or because pre-existing issues weren't covered. Who wants to go back to that period in time except insurance cos?

Federal court blocks Hegseth effort to punish Democratic senator The judge said the Pentagon had “trampled” on Sen. Mark Kelly’s First Amendment freedoms.

“This Court has all it needs to conclude Defendants have trampled on Sen Kelly’s First Amendment freedoms & threatened constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees.”

www.yahoo.com/news/articles/federal-court-blocks-hegseth-effort-175426116.html

Bill Barr's father was head of a prestigious NY private school. He hired 20 yo college dropout Epstein to teach high school math and physics. So Bill Barr knew Epstein since the early 70s.

That's how it should be, but the Republican party in the US is always passing or trying to pass laws to make it harder and costlier to vote.

Contact Your MOC

The so-called Save America Act will force 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates just to register to vote. Most do not have them ready. Turning paperwork into a barrier is a poll tax by another name. #HandsOffHerVote social.demcast.com/s/L9X3k1fQ

Do you pay for the electoral ID or is it provided to everyone 18 or older by the government?

This article's revelation definitely reinforces my belief that I posted yesterday. It's coming.
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I was thinking something similar yesterday after reading the Reuters article about Gabbard's Puerto Rico elections "investigation" related to conspiracies about Venezuela. Trump will pressure Delcy Rodríguez (now leader of VZ) to say Maduro was involved in hacking 2020 election.

I have to wonder, based on initial whisteblower date in June, if this ties into Puerto Rico "investigation" &, maybe, subsequent invasion of Venezuela. We learned yesterday Gabbard confiscated voting machines/ballots from PR in May supposedly to investigate conspiracy of VZ hacking voting machines.

I believe you succeed, @justinwolfers.bsky.social, at making this a better place - and a smarter one, too, mate!

The Social Security data breach is a national-security disaster that could hurt Americans for the rest of their lives: whistleblower Every American’s personal data is at risk of fraud after DOGE’s alleged mismanagement, Social Security’s former chief data officer tells MarketWatch.

⚠️ This is alarming. Potential Social Security breach by DOGE early last year exposed by a whisteblower in August, made public last month in court filings by SSA. Every citizen's most sensitive data is at risk.

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The "Gang of 8" in Congress have Top Secret clearances so they don't have to be given an unclassified version. The whistleblower's atty would only be able to give them an unclassified overview of the info if he's not read into the actual classified info as he requested & he has Secret Clearance.

Was going to point this out, too. The writers touched on, but then quickly glossed over the things you mentioned. Esp the reason the family was uninsured to begin with leading to the husband's need to ration his insulin which forced him to be rushed to the ER.

What's morale like at CBP & ICE right now? New survey data are damning.
*21% of CBP respondents (9% of ICE respondents) believe their agencies' political leaders maintain high standards of integrity.
*Only 23% at CBP (18% at ICE) feel confident they could report illegal acts without retribution

Wish I could read it.

Imagine your sweet, little 9-year-old girl was abducted and taken to a torture mill.

This is happening in our name on our dime.

Children are being abducted, detained, deprived of medical care & given moldy or worm infested food & foul water.
#FundHealthcareOverICE
Congress: 202-224-3121

Trump got 49.8% of ppl who voted & Harris got 48.3%. But trump got only 31.1% of voting eligible population, and 32.9% voted for Harris, IND or Green candidate. More ppl voted for someone other than trump. But the actual winner was the 36% of eligible voters who stayed home.

"These mother f*ckers are gonna
Make me buy a g*n
Sore losers re-started a fight
That we’d already won

If their sin is hate
And my sin is love
Guess we’ll see when it’s all said and done
If they’re drawing lines then
I know on which side I belong"

50 supposed votes doesn't equal 60 needed votes. No Democrats will vote for it, I don't believe and the appropriations bill would be a no go if SAVE is added to it.

Bad Bunny (Puerto Rican) in Grammy acceptance speech earlier tonight:

"ICE OUT. We're not savages. We're not animals. We are humans and we are Americans."